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Open Memcached

HIGH

Source

CloudSploit

open-memcached

management console

Open Memcached

Determine if TCP or UDP port 11211 for Memcached is open to the public

While some ports such as HTTP and HTTPS are required to be open to the public to function properly, more sensitive services such as Memcached should be restricted to known IP addresses.

Recommended Actions

Restrict TCP and UDP port 11211 to known IP addresses

Links

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/authorizing-access-to-an-instance.html

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